Break/Fix Contracts in Northern Ireland

Break/Fix
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Break/Fix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Break/Fix over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 7 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.91% - 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% - 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £140 - -
25th Percentile £141 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 - £150
75th Percentile £146 - £155
90th Percentile £147 - £156
UK median daily rate £200 £160 £195
% change year-on-year +25.00% -17.95% +39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.87
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £15.74
75th Percentile - - £17.61
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.60 £17.70 £15.74
% change year-on-year -6.21% +12.45% +33.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Break/Fix falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 134 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.09% 75.28% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 67 95
10th Percentile £168 £163 £155
25th Percentile £316 £338 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £488 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £560
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 6 15
10th Percentile - £13.58 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 - £10.26
Median hourly rate £21.10 £13.91 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.69% +11.28% -10.71%
75th Percentile £24.18 £15.85 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.47 -
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 7 £143 - 2
Break/Fix
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) IT Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Dell
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow